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To: Ophiucus

If you can stop me from lighting my cigarette, why can't I stop you from buring my flag?

I wouldn't want to see poor flag burners inhale toxic burning ink used to stain the stars and strips into each flag. It could harm them. Maybe if we came up with harmless burning ink it would be ok.

I've never yet met a reformed flag burner. It needs looking into.






My coffin will have the American flag on it. I have no desire to stifle free speech as that flag represents just that. There are multitudes of laws currently in place that infringe on our constitutional rights and A flag amendment will probably also cross the constitution.

With the above in mind, I'd prefer we protect the flag and protect and create our icon.


22 posted on 11/14/2004 2:17:18 AM PST by JoeSixPack1 (Typing incoherently on FR since May '98.)
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To: JoeSixPack1
If you can stop me from lighting my cigarette, why can't I stop you from buring my flag?

I see what you're getting at but I don't want the government making smoking illegal either. Just because the Nanny State movement commits a wrong doesn't give conservatives a reason to commit a wrong.

I wouldn't want to see poor flag burners inhale toxic burning ink used to stain the stars and strips into each flag. It could harm them. Maybe if we came up with harmless burning ink it would be ok.

I've never yet met a reformed flag burner. It needs looking into.

Yep - more government programs are needed to protect and reform the brainless.

There are multitudes of laws currently in place that infringe on our constitutional rights and A flag amendment will probably also cross the constitution.

With the above in mind, I'd prefer we protect the flag and protect and create our icon.

Like I said - just because the Left has no respect for the Constitution, gives the Right no excuse to violate it.

35 posted on 11/14/2004 6:42:02 PM PST by Ophiucus
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